Windows can't be installed to this drive error.

raviTy

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Mar 23, 2014
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Hello All,
I recently got a new system and i was trying to install Win 8 on it.
I loaded the iso file to a USB using Windows 7 USB/DVD tool and everything works fine until i hit the HDD.
When i select the hardrive to install (there is only one 2 TB WD connected to SATA port 1) there is a warning shown below saying :
Windows cannot be installed to this disk. This computer's hardware may not support booting to this disk. Ensure that the disk's controller is enabled in the computer's BIOS menu.

But i still went ahead tried to create a New partition but it fails with the following error :
We couldn't create a new partition. [Error : 0x80070017]

My motherboard is a Asus M5a99FX PRO R2.0

Thanks for your help!
 
Solution
Either put the bios into bios mode or install windows in uefi mode by pressing the function key that corresponds to Boot Options during power on (about the same time Press DEL to enter bios message is onscreen) and then select the UEFI option that matches your installation media

popatim

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Either put the bios into bios mode or install windows in uefi mode by pressing the function key that corresponds to Boot Options during power on (about the same time Press DEL to enter bios message is onscreen) and then select the UEFI option that matches your installation media
 
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